In the Beginning...

It wasn't originally my idea, in fact, it's something that I'm sure I'd never think of. ANTS? Why ants? They are creepy little buggers, with way too many legs and no apparent direction in life. Or so I thought. Well, a friend of mine ordered the AntWorks gel ant farm from www.thinkgeek.com and as we "ooooed and awwwwed" over just how cool the contraption was, we came to the realization that we wouldn't be able to do anything with the cool light up ant farm if we didn't have any ants. So, she ordered (as strange as it sounds) a vial of ants which were quickly mailed to her. About an hour after she dumped the ants into this blue jelly concoction, they ran around dazed and bewildered for a good 2 hours, but soon learned that if you dig into the gel, a new amazing world can be created. Watch the time-lapsed video above. Our ants aren't this far along yet, but they are moving quite quickly! I'm hoping that I can document their progress through this blog, and although I may be the only one that finds interest in keeping up with this, well, at least it's something educational to do! The ants are supposed to live for 3 months, so within that period of time I'm hoping that we will be able to come to a greater understanding of those creepy little ants, and their little world of weird.